Vehicle-wheel.



PATENTED APR. 5, 19041 L.LANGE. VEHIGLE WHEEL.

IOATION FILED J N. 3

M MN TOR Inn is zany? A TTOHNE Y8 Nirn STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

LOUIS LANGE, OF'NEWV YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,658, dated April 5, 1904 Application filed January 30, 1904- Serial No. 191,260. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS LANGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. a

.This invention relates to a class of vehiclewheels wherein the peripheral portion of the wheels is held to rotate upon the body. of the wheel, and has for its object to provide novel details of construction for a vehiele-wheel that adapt arubber tire and its shoe toreceiveantifrictional support on the wheel-rim, that is held concentric with a wheel-hub by a series of spaced radial spokes. v

A further object is to provide independent box-supports for aseries of antifriction-Wheels and journals thereon, which'are held spaced in pockets inthe wheel-rim and at their convexed peripheries have loose bearings in a conforming annular channel that is formed in the adjacent face of the tire-holding shoe, a furv ther object being-to so constructdetails of the shoe-clamp that it will be adapted .to loosely embrace the wheel-rim at and near the pe. ripheral edge ofthe rim and close an inter-. vening crevice, thus excluding dust, mud, or

,water from the box-bearings of the journals on the antifriction wheel-s. The IDVGIltlOIl COIlSlSlIS in the novel construetion and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims. r Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of; this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in. all'the figures.

Figure l-is a side view in part of a vehicle- Wheel embodying features of the invention, parts of the wheel-rim, shoe, and tire being broken away and in section to show other details. Fig. 2is an enlarged partly-sectional side view of a wheel-rim, shoe, and tire embodying novel fe'atures of construction. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view substantially on the line 3 3' in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a side view of the end portions of a shoe connection employed.

Thehub 5 may be formed as usualand fitted with a spindle box 6, wherein an axle-spindle 6 is held to rotate; but the huband boxare preferably held from rotation on the spindle by any preferred means. From the hub 5 raspac'e apart their outer ends an equahiegree. Thehub and spokes may be of-wood or metal, and the latter havea suitableJength to conform with a desired diameter: for the wheel, and at, theirouter. ends the spokes 7 are seintervals a series of "recesses a; are formed in the rim. 8, extending from the transverse center of its peripheral surface toward the axis of the hub 5. In each recess a is fitted a pair of boxes 9, that may be rectangular in their being as-pairs spaced from each other and ,transversely perforated to fform a journalbearing in each box.

An antifriction-wheel 10 is placed between each pair of boxes 9, these wheels of-the series provided being similar in form, having a transverse dimension or thickness, which adapts-them to fit between a corresponding pair ofvsaid boxes, and from-the center of each for a loose engagement within the alined perforations'in the 'paired boxes 9. The similar permits their peripheral surface to project beyond the boxes 9, said projecting peripheral portions of the wheels being preferably given ovate form in cross-section. Between each pair of bo'xes9 a suitable recess 6 is formed in the wheel-rim to permit the :free embedment of the antifriction-whels 10 in the wheelrim 8 between each pair of boxes 9.

It will be seen that from the relative posi tions had bythe antifriction-wheels 10 a portion of the ody and ovate periphery of each wheelis hel projected beyond the general p6 riphral surface of the wheel-rim 8.

A tire-holding shoe is provided which is formed of three rings, I2 indicating a central a similar clamping-ring for the other'side hf the core-ring. The core-ring 12 is loosely fitted upon the pe'ripheryof the wheel-rim 8 diate a suitable number of spokes 7 so as to bodies and have equal dimensionasaid boxes antifriction-wheel a journal-shaft 11 projects or core ring, 13 a side clamping-ring, and 14:

cured upon or in a wheel-rim 8. At spaced 'antifriction-wheels 10 have such diameter as its transverse center to correspond with the ovate form or the peripheral surfaces on the wheels 10; but, as shown in Fig. 3, it is pre- ,ferred to widen the space between the sides of the groove in the core-ring 12, so as to adapt the wheels'to seat only on their peripheral centers, and thus reduce the area of frictional contact to a minimum. The core-ring 12 may for facilitating the reception of the projecting portions of the antifriction-wheels be bisected and have the ends thereof neatly abutted upon each other, as at :r, after the core-ring has been properly mounted. upon the antifriction-wheels and wheel-rim 8.

The two similar open clamping-rings 13 1 1 each comprise a ring-body of an equal thickness with that of the core-ring 12, considering the latter from the wheel -rim 8 outwardly. Upon the edge portion of each clamping-ring 13 14 nearest to the corresponding sides of the wheel-rim 8 a circular flange d is formed,

slightly spaced from the side of the wheel-rim to which it is opposed, and, as shown in Fig. 3, the free edges of the flanges (Z are rounded.

' The rings 13 1 1 are bisected and may have a tongue-and-notched engagement at their meeting ends, as indicated in Fig. 1, and it will be evident that when the tongue 6' is fully introduced into the notch a, that is shaped to neatly receive said tongue, the edges of a clampingring 13 or 1.4, that have been connected, as stated, will remain so when the clamping-plates are secured upon the opposite sides of the core-ring12.

Upon the outer edges of the clamping-rings 13 1a a radial flange 13 1 1 is formed on each,

these flanges, which are preferably thicker than, the flanges (5, having each an inwardlyprojecting annular rib g, formed on (the inner surface at and near the outer edge thereof, At suitable intervals transverse-aline'd perforations are formed in the clamping-ring 1 3,

core-ring 12, and claming-ring 1 1, these per forations receiving a similar number of bolts 15, that are threaded at one end to screw into a tapped outer end portion of the perforation which they occupy, said bolts, one being shown in the drawings, each having a kerfed head at its oppositeend to permit the free use of"a screw-driver for-clamping together the rings A continuous rubber-tire". ring 16 of usual form, that may have a shoulder h formed oppositely on eachside thereof, is provided, and the relative construction and arrangement of the flanges 13*, shoulders h, and ribs 5 is such that upon seating the tire-ring upon the peripheral surfaces of the rings 12 131 1 and drawing up the screw-bolts 15 the tire-ring will be forcibly clamped upon said rings.

In the narrow spaces formed between the flanges a and the adjacent side surfaces of the wheel-rim 8 one member of a guard-ring 17 is.

introduced into each crevice. and loosely tills and gripped by the ribs, and transverse screws and is grooved, as at c, on the inner side at l the same. The guard-rings 17, that are formed of anysuiialile material, are U-shapcd in crosssection. and thus adapted to each embrace the flange upon which it ismounted, a member of each gtmrd-ring lapping upon the outer surface of the flange (Z and nearly enveloping said flange. By the provision of the guardrings 17 all foreign matter is excluded from the journals or working surfaces of the antifriction-wheels 10, so that a vehicle having the 7; wheels'oi' the improved construction applied thereon may be used in all seasons and traverse muddy roads without becoming clogged.

It will be seen that the operation of the details of the improved wheel will be nearly frictionless, as well as noiseless.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent' 1. A vehicle wheel, embodying a hub, spokes, and a wheel-rim, said rim having recesses in its periphery, antifriction-wheels held to-rotate in the recesses, and a three-part tire-clamping shoe adapted to clamp arubber tire at-its sides.

2. A vehicle wheel, embodying a hub, spokes, and a wheel-rim, said rim having a plurality of-spaced recesses in its peripheral face, a pair of oppositely-perforated boxes in each recess, an oppositely-journaled antifriction-wheel held to rotate between each pair of boxes by the engagement of the journals thereon in perforations in the boxes, a tireclamping shoe formed in three sections that contact laterally, the central shoe-section hav- I00 ing an annular channel on the inner side wherein the peripheries of the antifrlction-wheel travel, a circular flange at the inner edge of each outer section of the clamping-shoe, said flanges lapping at the sides of the wheel-rim as I05 guards, a radial flange projected from the 'outer edge of each outer shoe-section, said flanges each having an inwardly-projected rib, a rubber tire seated upon the shoe-sections 1 I O engaging the shoe-sections, for clamping the ribs against and into the rubber tire.

3. A vehicle-wheel, comprising a hub, a series of spokes, and a wheel-rim held on the outer ends of the spokes, said rim having a series of spaced recesses formed in its peripheral surface, a pair of oppositely-perforated boxes bedded in each recess and spaced apart therein, an oppositely-journaled antifrictionwheel having an ovate-shaped periphery and engaging its journals in thepair' of boxes, a three-part clamping-shoe comprising a core-ring and two similar side clampingrings,'the core-ring having an annular channel on its inner side wherein the ovate-shaped rims of the antifriction-wheels may be seated,

circular flange on the outer edge of each outer ring-section, said flanges being spaced from the wheel-rim and rounded on their edges, a U-shaped-guard-ring occupying each 3 space; a radial flange on each outer shoe-ring to this specification in the presence-of two subsection] having a rib on its inner face, a rubscribing witnesses. ber tire adapted to seat upon the shoe-ring sect ons and be gripped by the ribs, and screws LOUIS LANGE' 5 adapted to clamp the shoe-ring sections upon Witnesses:

the tire. JAMEs J. CARROLL,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name WILLIAM WADDOOK. 

